More on Alameda Fire Chief Kapler

Matier and Ross (as well as the Island) have written follow-ups to the whole Fire Chief gassing up his private vehicles story.

This is not the first time that Chief David Kapler has run into some issues regarding “miscommunication” around his employment contract and vehicles.

He was under scrutiny for several reasons back at his old job in Tahoe, excerpt from The Island:

Kapler resigned as chief of the Tahoe-Douglas Fire Protection District in 1991 after allegations surfaced that he misused a department-owned vehicle. He was also accused by representatives of a casino and a builder of soliciting contributions in exchange for support on a construction project the owners of one casino sought to undertake and of a variance the other sought that would allow it to avoid installing sprinklers in a parking garage it planned to build, news reports issued at the time said. Kapler also came under fire for soliciting contributions including ski passes, a mountain bike and vacations for a program aimed at curbing department absenteeism, news reports showed.

For those interested, I have screen shots of the microfiched news articles detailing the Tahoe-Douglas saga.